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5 Ways to Protect Your Ecommerce Business

CyberSecurity Insiders

This portrays a grim picture for ecommerce businesses — filled with data breaches and irate customers. As per our research, here are five tried-and-tested techniques to protect your ecommerce digital business from dangerous online frauds. eCommerce fraud prevention tools process information from clients and servers in real time.

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One in nine online stores are leaking your data, says study

Malwarebytes

eCommerce security company Sansec has revealed it's found a number of online stores accidentally leaking highly sensitive data. In a post , the researchers said: "We have observed automated attacks against online stores, where thousands of possible backup names are tried over the course of multiple weeks. Change all passwords.

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4 Easy Steps to Protect Your WordPress Site

SiteLock

Whether just taking the plunge into the WordPress wonderland to launch a personal blog or full-fledged ecommerce site, or you’ve been using WordPress for a while now, it was a good choice. Backup Your Files and Database. Note that some premium plugins and themes are a button click away from the latest release. Use Strong Passwords.

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New Cybersecurity Advisory on Ransomware Threat Actors

SecureWorld News

A sharp increase in technological reliance, be it through eCommerce or remote work, heightens the risk of cyber threats. From there, they can exploit vulnerabilities and poor authentication practices. Due to the level of access gained before deploying ransomware, the issue cannot be resolved by simply restoring data from backup.".

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The 2019 Database Gold Rush

SiteLock

What makes this type of attack attractive, is the fact that there are often ways to export database contents from within an administrative control panel in a CMS by allowing the attacker to utilize database management or backup solutions within the control panel. Brute force attacks are similar to privilege escalation in results.

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Surge of Fake FIFA World Cup Streaming Sites Targets Virtual Fans

Security Boulevard

ThreatLabz observed a few cases where SolarMarker is targeting the football fans trying to buy WorldCup stickers from compromised ecommerce sites. Use two-factor authentication whenever possible, especially on sensitive accounts such as those used for banking. Always make sure you are utilizing HTTPS/secure connections.

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How to Protect WordPress Sites from Exploitation

SecureWorld News

However, users must be mindful and methodical when setting up, for example, an eCommerce site in WordPress; it's wise to look beyond the real-world SEO benefits and design flexibility and consider factors like data integrity and security. Schedule daily backups to create multiple restore points.

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